ectotherm vs animate being

ectotherm and animate being both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ectotherm	Yes	No	No	No
animate being	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animate being is a hypernym of ectotherm; that is, animate being is a word with a broader meaning than ectotherm:

ectotherm: an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals
animate being: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Other hypernyms of ectotherm include animal, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

ectotherm (noun)	animate being (noun)
an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement